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Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Federal prosecutors are escalating tariff evasion and trade fraud investigations as rising duties, new enforcement task forces...


Wisner Baum, Eleos Law, and Brent Wisner sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta to block AB 931, arguing the new ban on fe...


Class Action


A Los Angeles judge refused to certify a proposed class of homeowners seeking damages from Southern California Edison for wide...


Civil Litigation


A San Francisco judge refused to block a parallel Los Angeles lawsuit over $11.6 million in ABM Industries fee awards, deepeni...


Litigation & Arbitration


Perplexity AI counters Amazon's allegations that its Comet app violated federal and state laws against illegally accessing com...


Judges and Judiciary


The Commission on Judicial Performance vacated Monday's scheduled hearing for retired justice William J. Murray Jr., a move th...


Litigation & Arbitration


Former Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally has joined McNicholas & McNicholas to lead a new Emerging Litigation and Torts ...


Experts outline how a potential Chapter 9 by Los Angeles, L.A. County or Santa Monica would unfold, highlighting limits on jud...


Government


Disability advocates claim racial disparities and soaring per-participant costs while supporters say the system fills gaps in ...


A federal judge allowed Taylor Swift fans' core antitrust and unfair competition claims against Live Nation and Ticketmaster t...


Civil Litigation


Future Motion avoided sanctions but might have to pay major rediscovery costs after plaintiffs said it hid emails on OneWheel ...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Timothy G. Williams, a name partner at Berger & Williams LLP who represents both employees and businesses in complex litig...


Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation


A year into the Central District's direct assignment program, 43% of civil litigants keep cases with magistrate judges, signif...


State Bar & Bar Associations


OC trial lawyers gala raises $250K for charity

Nov. 26, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The celebration recognized excellence in trial advocacy across multiple practice areas while spotlighting a charity that suppo...


Government


In small counties, CARE Court gains early momentum

Nov. 25, 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Close-knit legal and behavioral health networks may be helping rural counties implement California's new mental health court m...


Los Angeles, Santa Monica and L.A. County face mounting litigation, pension and budget pressures that raise the prospect of Ch...


Litigation & Arbitration


UCLA is asking a Los Angeles judge to halt Pasadena's lawsuit over Bruins football at the Rose Bowl, arguing the stadium agree...


Labor/Employment


Plaintiffs' attorneys are increasingly sidestepping arbitration by filing so-called "headless" PAGA cases that omit individual...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The bar association dates to 1955, when Black attorneys in the Bay Area banded together to confront discrimination in the cour...


The governor filled vacancies in Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, Shasta and Sutter counties, elevating four commissio...


Bankruptcy


LA and Santa Monica: Looming bankruptcy?

Nov. 24, 2025
By John Roemer

Mounting wildfire liabilities, sexual-assault settlements, revenue losses and soaring legal payouts have intensified concerns ...


Government


The state projected 7,000 to 12,000 Californians would qualify for CARE Court, yet from October 2023 to September 2025 courts ...


A group of prominent law professors has asked the state high court to probe a Nevada County prosecutor's alleged use of AI-gen...


Obituaries


Donald B. King, 1931-2025

Nov. 24, 2025
By Laurinda Keys

Justice Donald B. King, a pioneering force in family law, transformed divorce and custody practice through mediation, scholars...


Juveniles at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall have been forced to urinate in bags due to low staffing, prompting a court inquiry ...


The San Francisco Superior Court says talks with union representing deputy court clerks have reached impasse after union membe...


Advocates claim the EPA's delays on state air quality plans have allowed dangerous ozone pollution to persist in the West Moja...


Slideshow, Community News


JAMS opened the doors to its new Los Angeles Resolution Center on Thursday evening, unveiling a redesigned space built for the...



A Helping Hand

Nov. 21, 2025

Mitchell Beckloff mediates with an effective balance of kindness and candor, lawyers say.


Civil Procedure


A judge denied sanctions against Lewis Brisbois, finding their lawyer client's intervention and reconsideration motions--stemm...